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CTLA-4 expression/function can be affected by single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of CTLA-4 gene, which have been widely associated with susceptibility or progression to autoimmune diseases and cancer development. In this study, we analyzed six CTLA-4 SNPs (-1661A > G, -1577G > A, -658C > T, -319C > T, +49A > G, CT60G > A) in 197 DNA samples from 43 B-lymphoblastoid cell lines (B-LCLs), 40 systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients, 14 pre-analyzed melanoma patients and 100 Italian healthy subjects. Genotyping of -1661A > G, -1577G > A, -658C > T and CT60G > A was performed by newly developed multiplex pyrosequencing (PSQ) assays, whereas -319C > T and +49A > G by T-ARMS PCR and direct sequencing. Genotype/allele frequency were analyzed using chi(2) or Fisher exact test. Our study provides the first multiplex PSQ method that allows simultaneous genotyping of two CTLA-4 SNP pairs (i.e. -1661A > G/-658C > T and -1577G > A/CT60G > A) by two multiplex PSQ reactions. Herein, we show the CTLA-4 genotype distribution in the B-LCLs providing the first and best characterized cell line panel typed for functionally relevant CTLA-4 SNPs. We also report the significant association of the -1661A/G genotype, -1661 & -319 AC-GT diplotype and -319 & CT60 TG haplotype with susceptibility to SSc without Hashimoto's thyroiditis occurrence. Furthermore, we confirmed previous genotyping data referred to melanoma patients and provided new genotyping data for Italian healthy subjects.
- 出版日期2014-8
